FILTERLawmakers Introduces Legislation to Expand Nation’s Diagnostic Testing CapabilitiesWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) introduced bipartisan legislation establishing a risk based framework for overseeing in vitro clinical tests (IVCTs), such as test kits and laboratory developed tests ... READ MOREDr. Bucshon Supports Emergency Funding to Fight Coronavirus(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement after voting in support of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (H.R. 6074), a $7.8 billion emergency supplemental app... READ MOREWith COVID-19 front and center, Congress likely to beef up HHS budgetWith the CDC saying Tuesday that it’s not if but when COVID-19 becomes more widespread in the U.S., now is not the time to cut the budgets of programs and agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). That message was repeated throug... READ MOREHHS Secretary Defends President Trump at Coronavirus Hearing: ‘He Didn’t Say’ Virus Will Just Go AwayHealth and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar corrected the record when a lawmaker misrepresented what President Donald Trump has said about the coronavirus at a House hearing on Wednesday. “All of you know the World Health Organization has declared ... READ MOREGetting pregnant women access to care in IndianaINDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-- New ideas are being suggested to help mothers get healthy and stay healthy after giving birth. Federal and state lawmakers from both parties met Friday to discuss ways to lower Indiana’s maternal and infant death rates. “Anything... READ MOREDr. Bucshon Votes To Keep Fentanyl Out of America’s Neighborhoods(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement after voting in support of the Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act (S. 3201): While Speaker Pelosi an... READ MORECongressman Bucshon stops in EvansvilleBy Jared Goffinet | January 23, 2020 at 5:45 PM CST - Updated January 23 at 6:19 PM EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Congressman Larry Bucshon made several stops in the Tri-State on Thursday. We caught up with him on a visit to Holly’s House. Bucshon says ... READ MORECity helps hospital enroll in discount Rx programCHI St. Vincent Hot Springs committed to continued care of the uninsured and indigent earlier this week, a pledge required for its enrollment in a federal drug discount program. A resolution the Hot Springs Board of Directors adopted memorialized the... READ MOREDr. Bucshon Opposes House Democrats’ Soviet-Style Drug Pricing Legislation(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement after voting against House Democrats’ partisan plan for a government takeover of prescription drug manufacturers that will lead to fewer cures, the Lower D... READ MOREFrom the White House: House Drug Pricing Bill Could Keep 100 Lifesaving Drugs from American PatientsWashington, D.C.) – Today, the White House released a statement outlining the devastating effects of H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s top-down, heavy-handed government approach to reducing the cost of prescription ... READ MORE |
